GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| submissive | submitting to others |